In interracial relationships the topic of race can be a touchy subject, and it’s no different in celebrity relationships. On the second episode of Michelle Williams’ new show Chad Loves Michelle, the couple revealed in one argument race was brought up by Michelle, and Chad didn’t like it. “I said something to him on the lines of […]
Raven-Symoné joined AM to DM by BuzzFeed News to discuss her view on race and ethnicity and to clarify some of the controversial comments she made on The View. Watch the full interview above and check the highlights below: Controversial comments on The View: “What I learned from The View is everybody has a different way of […]
D. L. Hughley recently released a new book, How Not to Get Shot: And Other Advice From White People and his latest tour stop was at The Daily Show, where he discussed the book, and recounted his first experience with the police at just eight years old. “I’m coming from school, getting a free lunch in the summer, […]
Exceptional actor, comedian, and new author Tommy Davidson, stopped by the red velvet cakes studio this morning and told a bit of his life story. As a baby he was found abandoned in a trashcan by a white woman, named Barbara Davidson, who decided to legally adopt him. Growing up he thought people were like […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Starbucks has adopted an open-bathroom policy following the arrest last month of two African American men at a coffee shop in Philadelphia. Chairman Howard Schultz says he doesn’t want the company to become a public bathroom, but feels employees can make the “right decision a hundred percent of the time,” if that […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Republican Roy Moore filed a lawsuit to try to stop Alabama from certifying Democrat Doug Jones as the winner of the U.S. Senate race. The court filing occurred about 14 hours ahead of Thursday’s meeting of a state canvassing board to officially declare Jones the winner of the Dec. 12 special […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans weren’t supposed to have to worry about Alabama. Yet in the span of a tumultuous afternoon, a low-profile special election became a Republican nightmare that threatens a once-safe Senate seat — and offers a new window into ugly divisions that continue to plague the GOP in the age of President Donald […]
There’s a big election coming up in Virginia where Justin Fairfax is running for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia and trying to become the second African American in this position. Fairfax is hoping to raise wages, get people in higher paying jobs and get rid of the school to prison pipeline system. “This is a critical pivotal election. Its really going to set the tone of […]
Tim Scott the lone African American Republican in the Senate — is scheduled to meet with President Trump Wednesday to discuss race and the white supremacist rally that turned deadly in Charlottesville, Va., reports Greenville Online. Scott, who represents South Carolina, criticized the president’s weak response to events that resulted in the death of three […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police in this tourist-driven city with a history of racially charged incidents were hit again Thursday with questions about bias, profiling and use of force after a black NFL player reported being held at gunpoint and handcuffed by officers who were searching for an active shooter at a Las Vegas Strip […]
DETROIT (AP) — The actors and filmmakers from “Detroit” walked the red carpet ahead of the film’s premiere in its namesake city Tuesday evening and talked about their hope that it will spur conversation about attitudes toward race. “(The film) created an opportunity to humanize the unthinkable and out of that, hopefully, creates empathy. And […]
Mike Tirico isn’t trying to be Black. Here’s a picture: Yup. That guy right there is not about the Black label, or apparently any labels at all. In an interview with the New York Times, he had the following to say about race: “Why do I have to check any box? If we live in […]
